Humans negatively influence Earth ecosystems and biodiversity causing global warming,
climate change as well as man-made pollution. Recently, the number of different stress …

Nations of the world have, to date, pursued nature protection and climate change mitigation
and adaptation policies separately. Both efforts have failed to achieve the scale of action …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

The wave of new global conservation targets, the conclusion of the High Seas Treaty
negotiations, and the expansion of extractive use into the deep sea call for a paradigm shift …

The impacts of climate change and the socioecological challenges they present are
ubiquitous and increasingly severe. Practical efforts to operationalize climate-responsive …

Abstract The UN General Assembly has made a unanimous decision to start negotiations to
establish an international, legally-binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable …

Marine species are moving rapidly in response to warming, often in different directions and
with variations dependent on location and depth. Given the current impetus to increase the …

Recent estimates suggest that the mesopelagic zone could contain a total fish biomass of 2-
19.5 gigatonnes, roughly equivalent to 100 times the annual catch of all existing fisheries. In …

Understanding the factors sha** patterns of ecological resilience is critical for mitigating
the loss of global biodiversity. Throughout aquatic environments, highly mobile predators …

The development of a new international legally binding instrument for the conservation and
sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ agreement) is in …